THE Municipal Government of Porac formally turned over on Monday the lands and facilities under the Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) Campus in Barangay Pio here to officials of the state university's main administration.
Porac Mayor Condralito dela Cruz, Vice-Mayor Dexter David and members of the Porac town council formally signed the turnover of the land and facilities before DHVTSU officials led by President Enrique Baking in simple ceremonies at the Porac town hall.
The turnover was effected by Municipal Ordinance No 16. Series of 2018 which mandated the turnover of two certificates of title covering the current lands of the Pio Campus and all properties in the said site to the DHVTSU Main Campus in Bacolor.
It could be remembered that in 2012 DHVTSU signed a memorandum of agreement with Porac for the establishment of a campus in this town. Councilor Ludi Muli was chiefly responsible for pushing the ordinance establishing the satellite campus in 2012, while Councilor Fritzie David-Dizon donated the lot for the nearby extension campus for engineering courses.
The first batch of students was temporarily housed in buildings at the Porac Model Community Resettlement Area while buildings for the campus were being constructed through the Municipal Government of Porac.
The Porac campus was able to have its first batch of graduates in 2016. The campus was able to graduate some 44 students. Twenty students finished the Bachelor of Technical Teacher Education course while 24 more got their respective diploma for Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.
The turnover would effectively enable the DHVTSU officials to start full operations at the campus.
DHVTSU has satellite campuses in Mexico and Santo Tomas while another campus in Lubao town is currently being established.